By the 1830s, as in colonial times, tobacco was the most lucrative product of slave labor
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: F
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University President Charles W. Eliot pioneered the
A) establishment of law and medical schools. B) adaptation of German teaching techniques to America. C) preparation of graduates for a career as ministers. D) introduction of the elective system.
The "New Culture" movement that developed after the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty saw science as
a. a means to develop industry and create a middle class. b. in harmony with Confucian teachings and emphasis on education. c. a necessary part of creating new ideas and a democratic system for China. d. a way to modernize and save the country from the West and Japan.
Napoleon's invasion of Ottoman Egypt in 1798 and Russia in 1812 drove home to their rulers that:
a. If united in sufficient numbers, even under-equipped soldiers could destroy a mobile army. b. His mobile artillery units drilled in flexible formations were no match for their mercenary armies. c. His armies of mass conscripts, equipped with flintlock muskets, were superior to theirs. d. They would have to ally in a common cause against Western European aggression.
Which of the following was a new job that opened to single women in the first half of the 1800s?
a. shop clerk b. shop owner c. servant d. schoolteacher e. secretary